We are sad to announce the death of Michael McGloughlin. Michael represented Ireland with distinction at junior, open, and senior international level, with his most notable achievements being participating at the World Open Teams Championship in Salsomaggiore in 1992,...

For your information, we have received notification from BBO that they will be implementing a system upgrade this week; they hope to do it on Tuesday and Wednesday, but it may take longer. The main changes will be: a revamped login and registration screen (they have...

The Tralee International Bridge Congress was held virtually on BBO on 11-13 December - the final significant event of the calendar year. The winners of the various competitions were: Friday: Mixed Pairs - Mia Deschepper & Adrian Thomas Open Pairs - Bridie Keane...

As thoughts turn to a potential return to face-to-face bridge, a number of suppliers of equipment designed to mitigate the risk of the COVID-19 virus have contacted us to ask us to bring their various product ranges to the attention of our affiliated clubs. As...

There was an excellent turnout of 82 pairs for the virtual Master Pairs on BBO on 5/6 December. Well done to Fearghal O’Boyle and Mairead Basquille for managing the event so efficiently, including devising a new format this year, with the participants being divided...

The Master Pairs competition, open to Master grades only, will be held virtually on BBO over the weekend of 5-6 December. As with all our virtual events this season, this one will be played essentially for recreation; Masterpoints will be awarded, but national titles...

Well done to the winners in the Kilkenny Congress held on BBO over the weekend of 27-29 November, as follows: Friday: Mixed Pairs - Roz Bavin & Mike Graham Novice Pairs - (tie) Mary Walsh & Margaret Delaney; Aideen & Paul Costigan Intermediate B Pairs -...

Today (Monday November 30) BBO is reporting some system instability issues. The main areas affected are: difficulties logging in; database problems (accessing results etc); tournament lists not loading. BBO are aware of the issues and are working to resolve them. They...

The CBAI's Chief Executive, Paul Porteous, has recently corresponded with all our clubs to keep them up to date on the key issues within the Association, in particular: The process for affiliation fees this season, including an extension of the early bird discount...

Well done to the Regent Bridge Club on a fantastic 95th Anniversary Congress on BBO over the weekend of 20-22 November. Special thanks to Congress President Finian O’Donoghue, Congress Co-Ordinator Mary Kelly-Rogers, and, above all, Declan Byrne (“regentman”) for...